The Obama administration on Wednesday reminded state officials across the country that states do not have legal authority to refuse to accept Syrian refugees, reports The Associated Press (AP). The

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Wednesday took a shot at Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who earlier this week called for Israel to launch “Operation Defensive Shield 2” – an allusion

Americans do not face a credible and immediate terror threat, President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday, in an attempt to reassure jittery Americans traveling home for Thanksgiving. Obama stressed that

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey does not buy any oil from Islamic State (ISIS), insisting that his country’s fight against the jihadist group is “undisputed.” “Shame on

The condition of the IDF soldier seriously wounded in the stabbing attack at the Al-Fawar junction on Wednesday has significant improved, Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced Thursday afternoon.  The soldier, who

In a frank, if disappointing, admission Thursday, National Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz, a member of the security cabinet, said that current Israeli policy had failed to protect citizens from terror.

For Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate everything we are thankful for in life – and no one knows that better than the many American Jews serving in the Israel Defense Forces

Under the banner “At this time! Lifting the flag of heroism!,” public candle lightings during the upcoming Hanukkah holiday have been planned at the sites of various terrorist attacks.  “Let us

A bus carrying dozens of passengers overturned on Thursday morning between Kokhav Hashahar and Migdalim in the Binyamin region of Samaria.  Rescue forces and Hatzalah medics were deployed to the

Dozens of Arab and Jewish journalists have signed a petition against the government’s decision to close down newspapers, web sites, and other media outlets tied to the Northern Islamic Movement,

Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II left for Jerusalem Thursday for the funeral of a senior cleric, the first visit by the head of Coptic Christians in decades, a church spokesman

Dvir Litman, whose sister Sarah-Tehiya married Ariel Bigel Thursday night, told Arutz Sheva about the mixed emotions after his father and brother was murdered in a terrorist shooting attack. “We are feeling

Henya Beigel, the mother of the groom Ariel who on Thursday night married Sarah-Tehiya Litman in Jerusalem, spoke with Arutz Sheva minutes before the the wedding ceremony. Litman’s father and brother were murdered

The battle against the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria and Iraq has become an international priority but faces a patchwork of conflicting agendas and strategies from a wide array of actors. A US-led

Four of the main suspects in the Islamic State (ISIS) Paris attacks were on a list of radicalized people compiled by Belgium’s intelligence services as early as June this year, officials said on Thursday.

A 19-year-old Palestinian Arab terrorist was shot dead on Thursday by IDF forces according to Palestinian Authority (PA) medics, as he was in the process of hurling a firebomb at

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) this week completed a wide-reaching drill that included all branches of the force. In the drill, named “Over and Over,” the plane division was put

Sarah-Tehiya Litman and Ariel Beigel were to be married in Jerusalem on Thursday, two weeks after Litman’s father and brother were murdered in a shooting attack near Hevron. Just hours before the wedding,

The investigation into the circumstances of the fatal crash that took place early Thursday afternoon near Kochav Hashahar, in the Binyamin region, is ongoing. Corporal Stav PArtosh, 19, of Maale

There was a 13% increase in the number of Israeli Arabs volunteering for National Service, said the Shluchot group, which works to encourage such voluntarism. Despite intimidation by Islamist elements in

US President Barack Obama awarded on Tuesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 “extraordinary” recipients, including several notable American-Jewish artists.  Among those Jews awarded the United States’ highest civilian honor were actress-singer

A court hearing will be held on Thursday in the case of Ahmed Mansara, the 13-year-old terrorist accused of attempted murder in the stabbing attack in Pisgat Ze’ev last month. 

The IDF on Wednesday issued a recommendation to the political echelon, asking that it arm and militarily strengthen the Palestinian Authority (PA) in apparent hopes that doing so will end

The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, including a middleman it alleged buys oil for the regime from the Islamic State (ISIS) group. “The Syrian government is responsible

A day after Syrian media reported that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck a base belonging to the Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah, a Saudi news site gave new details on Wednesday.

The son of the Israeli Navy’s former commander-in-chief, Admiral (res.) Eliezer Marom, was dismissed from his military service, Channel 2 revealed on Wednesday night.  According to the report, the younger Marom was discharged

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) visited numerous educational institutions in Tel Aviv on Wednesday as part of the Annual Day of Appreciation for those Wounded in Israel’s Wars and

Tensions are running particularly high in Judea in the area between Gush Etzion and Hevron, south of Jerusalem. The area has been hit hard by by numerous terror attacks in

One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border told state media on Wednesday that there was no prior warning. “There was no warning, not by radio

Magen David Adom (MDA) on Wednesday listed its tallies up to this point of how many victims it has treated since the ongoing wave of Arab terror first broke out